Electrical & Computer
Did You Know?
The annual Electrical and
Computer Engineering Senior
Design Expo showcases
student projects to family,
friends, and a wide range of
industry professionals.
Degrees Offered
BS
BS/MS
Minor
Rankings (USNWR)
Computer Engineering
■ 23rd among public
graduate programs
nationwide
College
■ 17th among public
undergraduate engineering
programs nationwide
■ 20th among public
graduate engineering
programs nationwide
F
rom cell phones to hair dryers, treadmills to solar panels, almost every consumer
appliance you can think of relies on expertise from the field of electrical and computer
engineering. Electrical and Computer Engineers make important contributions in the areas
of medical devices, robotics, energy, communications, and even aerospace electronics.
An electrical and computer engineering degree from the University of Colorado Boulder
provides graduates with a strong foundation in the fundamentals of electrical and
computer engineering, as well as extensive elective coursework that allows each student
to specialize in a specific interest area. With a lab-intensive curriculum and world-class
research program, the electrical and computer engineering program offers an exciting
environment that prepares students for successful careers in the most widely employable
engineering discipline.
“I got to build a mini-satellite
my freshman year, and
got the chance to be a
project manager for
that project. It’s so
much more fun to
learn by doing
than by just
cracking
open a
textbook.”
Hands-on Learning
At CU, students learn by doing. Electrical and computer
engineering undergraduates gain hands-on experience
through extensive laboratory components within the
curriculum as well as undergraduate research projects,
NASA-funded design and build projects through the
Space Grant program, Earn-Learn apprenticeships,
internships,
and co-op
positions
in industry.
— Vivian
Phinney
50%
of ECE undergrads work
in internships and co-op
jobs in industry during an academic
semester or over the summer.
A degree in electrical and
computer engineering prepares
students for careers in:
■
Computer engineering
■
Computer hardware design
■
Wireless communication
■
Biomedical engineering
■
Automation and manufacturing
■
Embedded Systems
Electrical & Computer
Course Highlights
Application of Embedded Systems
Undergraduates can
join ECE faculty doing
cutting edge research
in the areas of:
■ Nanotechnology
and nanomaterials
■ Renewable energy
and energy systems
■ Optics,
optoelectronics,
and photonics
■ Controls
and robotics
■ Electromagnetics,
and microwaves
RF,
■ Analog
electronics
and power electronics
■ Computer
engineering
■ Modern
Signal
Processing and
Communications
■ Geoscience and
remote sensing
■ Biomedical
and
bioengineering
In the ECE curriculum we understand that
it is hard to appreciate what is exciting
when taking the basic courses. Therefore,
we have designed a sophomore elective to
introduce students to the basic theory and
practice of embedded systems. Embedded
systems are in everything from cell
phones, biomedical monitoring equipment
to automobiles and aircraft. Embedded
systems are basic tools to be used in
problem solving. This course covers basics
of architecture, communications, and
programming and connects at each step
to the real
world using
the Arduino
system.
Students
implement an
MP3 player
and then
conceive,
design and
build a
system of
their own.
Digital Lab
Our innovative digital design lab is a three
credit hour course that takes students
with little or no digital design experience
and using prerequisite courses covers
architecture, electronic system hardware
integration, mobile computing and the
Android eco-system, Java and mobile
programming environments and system
software-hardware integration and
debugging. The final project, customized
by the students, measures EEG signals,
processes them on the Android, displays
them on the smart phone, and provides
mechanisms
for interacting
with the system.
The lab includes
printed circuit
board design,
embedded
processor
programming,
analog interface
to digital systems
and real time
interaction.
For more information visit ecee.colorado.edu